The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-09-28
THE GEM OF THE OCEAN
TIE AMERICAN sLoor WINS |,
In the Grand International Yacht Baco-
A Grent Thousands Witness
1.-THE Scotch Gutter Completely
Knocked Out Ia tho First Round.

New York, Sept. 27.-The Scotch cut.
ter Thistle and the American sloop Vol.
unteer have met In the first 1887 contest
for the Amerlead cup, and tho Volunteer
beat the foreigner SO bad that tho latter's
moss enthusiastic champions have only to
say that something inexplicable 10 the
matter with the Thistle. II was q great
day. The people who went down on the
three hundred steamships, river steam.
boats. tugs, steam yachts, sailing yachts
and boats itnprovisad for the occasion,
numbered easily $4,000. They covered
an area Of fifty or more acres on the wa.
ter, and they kept up a noise throughout
tho rgco that startled, tho people who
came from Europe To see the event. -
From early morning there was no sipn
ofs breezs, and q dirty hszs hung over
the water,,. indicative of q continuous,
thick atmosphere and poor view OF the
race. With favorable surroundings, the
race would havo been started at half.pset
10 o'clock this morning, but at that hour
there was not air enough to blow match
ont, and tho judges on Commodore Ger.
ry's Electra waited to start the racers un.
til there should a chance Of getting the
boats over the course within the pre-.
ecribed seven hours. That appearance did
not come until noon. At that time
ripple came over the water from south.
ward and eastward and q signal was given
to clear the course. The Thistle and Vol.
unteer had come out from their respect.
i've anchorages. The Thistle moved about
in very lively fashion in the light air,
She appeared to take much pleasure in
running past and around the Volunteer,
which she did Beyeral times, and every
time met with loud appreciation from the
admiriug spectators, all Of whom seemed
confident and willing that ehe should win
the frat race.
At 1929 the Electra fred. the prepara-
tory gun aud at 1880, the gun to start
After that the yachts had five minutes to
cross tho line. II either had taken longer
than fye,minutes, her time of start would
have been regiatered at the expiration Of
the Gye minutes. The boats crossed as
follows: Rs. fslllIEI, .-56fJ4
Thistle-l2 hours, SO minutes and G
seconds. 58tI ,@.-
yolnnteer-12 hours, 81 minutes and IS
seconds. 5 'a
r. - A wALKovER RACE. X,
The Thistle not only had the nearer DO
sition when the order to start waa given,
bnt sho also went through the wstsr the
faster. She got over the line ! minute
lu oH H. - y.
Gu hour wind was then from the south
and the yacts had to sail close
Oh the wind. They went over on the port
tack, and at orCc tho Volunteer began to
overhaul the Thistle. The first tack
was in toward Clifton, Staten Is.
land, and on that tack Of fif.
.een minutes or less the Vol.
unteer showed q superiority over
the Thistle in weather that had been
written down aB the foreigners best. That
left no doubt OF the result. The Voluu.
teer went by this cutter ss though the lat
ter WAS anchored, and she stayed in front
to the end. II was no longer a race. It
was proceea:ou., Tho wind varied in 10.
cality and strength, snd sometimes ono
boat had it when the other did not. But
the average made things pretty nearly
even. The reeult was mos. decisive VIC
tory for tho American ssoop, beating,
and running with free sheets,
The Volunteer outsailetl the Thistle.
The Volunteer beat tho Thietle 10 min
utes and 90 seconds. After the race Mr.,
James Bsli, principal owner of the This.
tie, said no was not ct all satisfied with the
result. Tho Thistle, he declared, had
never moved go slowly through the water.
he WAC Of the opinion that there was
something wrong with the cutters bot
tom" and ehe would bo hauled out Of wa
ter Tomorrow with view toward finding
out what it was. He did not
consider that reco had been sailed for
that reason aud because tho wind WAS 40
The Volunteer cf.en had the
advantage OF bresze that the Thistle did
not feel. Besides, the excursion boats
swaahed the Thl0tle to a damaging extent,
Captain Barr, OF the Thistle, held the
came views. He said that some OF the
crew had been notified anonymously that
tho cutters bottom had been "doctored,"
and the truth would bs aacertained be-
fore Thursday, the day of the next race.
Captain Barr said he had sailed the
Thistle every time she had been ont and
he Eevsr knew her to givs so badly on the
wind. % gss3 z'.lg
General P4ino aud Mr.. Edward Burgess,
OF the Volunteer, took the victory Quietly,
but very happily. Captain Half said that
the seesca that the Thistle aailod so much
laster than his vessel bsiore tho start was
that the Volunteer did not have her cen
tre board down on account OF the shallow
water inside buoy IS. i,g
The Rnco AtIccta Bond Offerings.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.-The offerings OF
bonds to the Government to-day up to
noon amounted to 500, $50, OF which
$3.50 900 we're 4ls and s8l, 1850 4 per cents.
The light ol1eslngs are eaid at the Treas.
ury Department to be due to the fact that
very little business is being done in New
York to-day on account Of the yacht race.
S5f A GLOOMY CROWD. gE